Young guns out for birds today, seniors Monday
This week’s Baker hatchery and flow info
FACILITY (Stock/Species)
Baker Lake Hatchery (Baker sockeye): 29,612 sockeye trapped & transferred (21,049 to Baker Lake as of Sept. 18; 6,301 to hatchery as of Sep. 18). Same week total in 2014 – 6,297 adult sockeye to hatchery.
LAKE LEVEL - Upper Baker Reservoir
Recent: As of Saturday, Sept. 19, the reservoir surface was at 719.87 feet above sea level, down three feet since Sunday, Sept. 13.
Forecast: No prediction for this gauge. Full pool is 727.77 feet above sea level.
FACILITY (Stock/Species)
Samish Hatchery (Samish fall chinook): 233 adult fall chinook trapped as of Sept. 15. Same week total in 2014 – 484 adult chinook to hatchery.
FLOW LEVEL - USGS gauge Samish River near Burlington
Recent: 25 cubic feet per second of Friday night, Sept. 18. Median daily discharge for date is 33 c.f.s over 47 year gauge history.
Forecast: No prediction for this gauge.
This story was originally published September 19, 2015 at 6:38 PM with the headline "Young guns out for birds today, seniors Monday."